Stage

- The San Diego Repertory Theatre will stage seven local premieres this season, marking a return to its roots in contemporary actors’ theater.

The Rep has slated three plays for the small Lyceum Space theater, but has not released an order of their performance. They are:

“The Colored Museum,” George Wolfe’s stinging satire on black and white America; “Burning Patience,” Antonio Skarmeta’s biographical treatment of the life of Pablo Neruda, Chile’s Nobel Prize-winning poet; and Romulus Linney’s “Heathen Valley,” about a religious community in a secluded Appalachian Mountain region.

Charles Ludlum’s Gothic comic-thriller, “The Mystery of Irma Vep” (May 18-June 3), will be the first of three plays scheduled for the Lyceum Stage.

The Dell ‘Arte Players Company of Blue Lake and The Rep will co-produce “Red Noses” (Aug. 6-Sept. 11), a political comedy by Peter Barnes, the British author of “The Ruling Class.”

“Glengarry Glen Ross” (Oct. 5-29), David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about Chicago real estate dealers, closes the season on the Lyceum Stage.

An as-yet unnamed musical will be staged on either the Lyceum Space or the stage.